Events During November, 2016
- Tuesday, November 1st
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The mathematics of taffy pulling, Jean-Luc Thiffeault, UW Department of Mathematics
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Open string moduli and multi-branched potentials, Gianluca Zoccarato, Hong Kong IAS
- Wednesday, November 2nd
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- Thursday, November 3rd
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- High Energy Seminar; 3:30 pm; 4272 Chamberlin Hall
- Realizing large-field inflation with stabilizer fields in string theory, Aitor Landete
- Whitford Lecturer Ken Sembach Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 pm. Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- Astrophysics Flagships, Present & Future, Dr. Ken Sembach, Director, STSci
- Friday, November 4th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Interfacing cold atoms and superconductors, Dr. József Fortágh, Universität Tübingen
- Monday, November 7th
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- WIPAC: IceCube, HAWC, CTA, ARA, Halzen, Hanson, Karle, Vandenbroucke, Westerhoff
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Development and applications of Verication and Validation procedures, Fabio Riva, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne
- Tuesday, November 8th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Simulating reality: Using virtual reality to explore the complexities of the world around us, Kevin Ponto, UW Department of Design Studies
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- Capture and Decay of Electroweak Wimponium, Matthew Baumgart, Rutgers university
- Thursday, November 10th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- Quantum FM radio for Quantum Computing, David Schuster, University of Chicago
- Physics Education Innovation Seminar, *Coffee and Cookies at 10:15 AM;
10:15 am - 11:30 am; 5280 Chamberlin Hall - Using Learning Assistants in introductory STEM Courses, Tor Odden, UW - Madison Departments of Physics and Curriculum and Instruction
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- The AMS experiment on the International Space Station after 5 years in Space, Valerio Vagelli, University of Perugia
- Astronomy Colloquium; 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and cookies 3:30 PM. Talk begins at 3:45 PM
- How Can Observations of Earth Guide the Search of Exoplanets?, Tristan L’Ecuyer, UW Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
- Monday, November 14th
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- Continuum-kinetic approach to sheath simulations, Bhuvana Srinavasan, Virginia Tech
- Graduate Introductory Seminar; 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin hall
- Plasma Physics , Boldyrev, Den Hartog, Egedal, Forest, Sarff, Terry, Zweibel
- Tuesday, November 15th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Macro-evolution: A new model emerging from modern genome data, Periannan Senapathy, Genome International Corporation
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm; 5290 Chamberlin hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Lighting Up Collider Searches for Electroweak States, Ahmed Ismail, University of Pittsburgh
- Wednesday, November 16th
- Department Meeting
- **CANCELLED**
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall (coffee)
- Multi-Messenger Astronomy with Neutrinos, Anna Franckowiak, DESY, Germany
- PUBLIC BAUTZ LECTURE AT WID BY EVA GREBEL; 5:00 pm - 6:00 am; Hector Deluca Forum Room, Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery
- Galactic Archeology, Eva Grebel, University of Heidelberg
- Thursday, November 17th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 10:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin
- Measurement of superconducting qubits, Mostafa Khezri , UC Riverside
- Cosmology Journal Club ; 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm; 5242 Chamberlin Hall
- An Informal discussion about a broad variety of arXiv papers related to Cosmology
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- A novel on-chip, mm-wavelength spectrometer for mapping the high-redshift universe., Erik Shirokoff, University of Chicago
- Astronomy Colloquium, Bautz Lecture;
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm; 4421 Sterling Hall, Coffee and Cookies 3:30 pm, Talk starts at 3:45 pm - Dwarf Galaxies: Fossils of Galaxy Evolution, Professor Eva Grebel, Bautz Lecturer, University of Heidelberg
- Friday, November 18th
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 5280 Chamberlin Hall
- The Fermi view of Gamma-Ray Bursts & the curious case of GW 150914, Elisabetta Bissaldi , Politecnico & INFN Bari
- Physics Department Colloquium; 3:30 pm; 2241 Chamberlin hall
- Countdown to Solar Probe, Justin Kasper, University of Michigan
- Monday, November 21st
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin Hall
- Recent highlights from the VERITAS gamma-ray observatory, Marcos Santander , Barnard College - Columbia University
- Tuesday, November 22nd
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- Asleep or awake? Local sleep in health and disease, Stephanie Jones, UW Department of Medicine and Public Health
- NPAC (Nuclear/Particle/Astro/Cosmo) Forum; 2:30 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall
- An overview of FBK Silicon Photomultipliers characterization, Daniela Simone, INFN Bari
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Neutrino Masses: First Signal From SUSY!, Seyda Ipek, Fermilab
- Monday, November 28th
- R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar; 11:00 am; 5310 Chamberlin Hall
- High-fidelity entangling gate for double-quantum-dot spin qubits, John Nichol, University of Rochester
- Plasma Physics (Physics/ECE/NE 922) Seminar; 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm; 2241 Chamberlin Hall
- TBD, Alex Ivanov
- Tuesday, November 29th
- Chaos & Complex Systems Seminar; 12:05 pm - 1:00 pm; 4274 Chamberlin (refreshments will be served)
- The chemistry of primes, Melanie Matchett Wood, UW Department of Mathematics
- Council Meeting
- 1:00 pm; 2314 Chamberlin hall
- Theory Seminar (High Energy/Cosmology); 3:30 pm; 5280 Chamberlin
- Title to be announced, Angelo Monteux, Rutgers University
- Wednesday, November 30th
- Department Meeting
- 12:15 pm; 5310 Chamberlin hall